Hannah with a needle in her nose!!!!!
Me being a total baby.
Classroom :) where we spend a lot of time.
Aboriginal art at the National Gallery of Victoria.
After the damage was done :) this guy was so nice, he told me that he thought getting his ear pierced hurt too. (I didn't really believe him).
More Aboriginal Art :) so fun and interesting to look at.
Me, the security guard, Maddy, Katherine and Alec. This is the guy I mentioned in my last post.
Me feeding a kangaroo :)
Maddy feeding a kangaroo :)
Ella feeding a kangaroo :)
Wombat named Stuart :)
Moma koala and baby koala!
Beach in Cowes, on the way to Phillip Island, I found some amazing shells here.
These are the little penguins that we saw, this one is stuffed.
Sunset on Phillip Island.
Fun with ice-cream and friends. Emily, Britha, Ella, Hannah, Michelle and Cassie.
Sending mommy hugs from Loch Ard Gorge.
London Bridge.
Me and Britha, at the trailhead to the Twelve Apostles.
Hannah and Ella.
The Twelve Apostles!
The apostles were formed by erosion: the harsh weather conditions from the Southern Ocean gradually eroded the soft limestone to form caves in the cliffs, which then became arches, which in turn collapsed; leaving rock stacks up to 45 metres high. The site was known as the Sow and Piglets until 1922 (Muttonbird Island, near Loch Ard Gorge, was the Sow, and the smaller rock stacks were the Piglets);after which it was renamed to The Apostles for tourism purposes. The formation eventually became known as the Twelve Apostles, despite only ever having nine stacks.
ReplyDeleteIn 2002, the Port Campbell Professional Fishermens Association unsuccessfully attempted to block the creation of a proposed marine national park at the Twelve Apostles location, but were satisfied with the later Victorian Government decision not to allow seismic exploration at the same site by Benaris Energy; believing it would harm marine life.
The stacks are susceptible to further erosion from the waves. On 3 July 2005, a 50 metre tall stack collapsed, leaving eight remaining. On 25 September 2009, it was thought that another of the stacks fell, but this was actually one of the smaller stacks of the Three Sisters formation. The rate of erosion at the base of the limestone pillars is approximately 2 cm per year.Due to wave action eroding the cliff face existing headlands are expected to become new limestone stacks in the future.
Phillip Island is an Australian island located about 140 km (87 mi) south-southeast from Melbourne, Victoria. Named after Arthur Phillip, the first Governor of New South Wales, Phillip Island forms a natural breakwater for the shallow waters of Western Port. It is 26 km (16 mi) long and 9 km (5.6 mi) wide, with an area of about 100 km2 (39 sq mi). It has 97 km (60 mi) of coastline and is part of the Bass Coast Shire.
ReplyDeleteA 640 m (2,100 ft) concrete bridge (originally a wooden bridge) connects the mainland town San Remo with the island town Newhaven. In the 2011 census the island's permanent population was 9,406,compared to 7,071 in 2001. During the summer, the population swells to 40,000. 60% of the island is farmland devoted to grazing of sheep and cattle.